Category Archives: World

Prince Harry lashes out at UK press for treatment of Meghan
LONDON - Prince Harry has lashed out at the British media for its treatment of his wife, Meghan, accusing it of hounding her the way it did his mother, Princess Diana, who died in a 1997 car crash whi...
Oct 02, 2019

Forever 21 fashion chain closing all Canadian stores in global restructuring
NEW YORK - Low-price fashion chain Forever 21, a once-hot destination for teen shoppers, will close all 44 of its Canadian stores and up to 178 locations in the United States while restructuring its g...
Oct 02, 2019

Israel begins Netanyahu's pre-indictment corruption hearing
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-awaited pre-indictment hearing on corruption charges began Wednesday in Jerusalem, as a jittery political world eagerly sought clarity on h...
Oct 02, 2019

Director promises dank thrills in Thai cave boys rescue saga
BANGKOK - Their story gripped the world: determined divers racing against time and water to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks in a flooded cave deep inside a northe...
Oct 01, 2019

North Korea fires projectiles days before resuming US talks
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea fired projectiles toward its eastern sea Wednesday, South Korea's military and Japan's government said, in an apparent display of its expanding military capabil...
Oct 01, 2019

UAW strike could cost GM about $1 billion - and counting
DETROIT - With the United Auto Workers' strike against General Motors in its third week, pressure is mounting on both sides to reach a deal, with the company losing an estimated $1 billion and workers...
Oct 01, 2019

Meghan sues British tabloid over personal letter
LONDON - British royal Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has sued a tabloid newspaper that she claims illegally published a personal letter she wrote. A spokeswoman for the law firm handling the case tol...
Oct 01, 2019

Ohio State report: Over 1,000 instances of misconduct by doc
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State University says more than 1,000 instances of decades-old sexual misconduct by a now-deceased team doctor were reported in 2018. Nearly 1,000 instances of alleged fondling a...
Oct 01, 2019

Trump-Ukraine whistleblower is part of long tradition
NEW YORK - Erin Brockovich, who has some experience in revealing disturbing secrets, knows what she would say to the government whistleblower at the heart of allegations that President Donald Trump pr...
Oct 01, 2019

Trump, RNC raise $125 million in 3rd quarter
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee will report raising $125 million over the past three months. The Associated Press has learned that the p...
Oct 01, 2019